blue

Definitions

1. adjective

   Having the color of the sky on a clear day.

   Examples

   • The deep blue sea looked calm.
   • Why is the sky blue?
2. adjective

   Feeling sad.

   Examples

   • I'm just a little bit blue today.
   • She felt blue after her friend moved away.
   ≈miserable≈unhappy≈atrabiliary≈atrabilious≈blitheless +83 more
3. adjective

   Having a bluish skin color because of cold or lack of air.

   Examples

   • My hands were blue with cold.
   • The divers got them out just in time, because they were turning blue.
4. adjective

   Pale and cool, as a flame.

   Examples

   • The candle burns blue.
   • A blue flame flickered from the gas burner.
5. adjective

   Supporting the Democratic Party in the United States.

   Examples

   • I live in a blue district.
   • Congress turned blue in the mid-term elections.
6. adjective

   Supporting the Liberal Party, in Australia.

   Examples

   • The seat has been reliably blue for decades.
   • The area turned blue in the last election.
7. adjective

   Supporting the Conservative Party, in Britain.

   Examples

   • The county has voted blue in every election since the war.
   • He has always been a blue voter.
8. adjective

   In science, closer to the high-frequency end of the light range.

   Examples

   • The star's light was blue-shifted as it came closer.
   • Astronomers measured how blue the light was.
9. adjective

   In physics, having a type of charge called blue.

   Examples

   • The quark has a color charge of blue.
   • In this model, one quark is blue and another is anti-blue.
10. adjective

    Very rare, when cooked meat is only barely seared.

    Examples

    • He ordered his steak blue, barely cooked.
    • She likes her tuna blue in the middle.
    ≈mooing